Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. (oct 16, 1962 – oct 28, 1962)
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oct 16, 1962
oct 28, 1962
~ 12 days